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| Economy |
The Capitol Building in downtown Columbus |
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| As Columbus is the capital of the state of Ohio,
there is a large government presence in the city. Including
city, state, and jobs at the public Ohio State University, government
jobs provide the largest single source of employment within
Columbus. However, it is by no means a majority. |
| Columbus is the headquarters for a number of businesses
as well. Nationwide Insurance makes its home downtown in a large,
multi-building complex that dominates the northern end of the
downtown area. Limited Brands (formerly known as The Limited,
Inc.) is located on the east side of the city and is the parent
company of the retail stores The Limited, Express, Victoria's
Secret, and Bath & Body Works, among others. Worthington
Steel is primarily located on the north side of the metro area
in the Worthington suburb. Two fast food chains have their homebase
in the Columbus metro area as well, Wendy's and White Castle,
with Wendy's still operating their first store downtown as both
a museum and a working restaurant. Cardinal Health has its headquarters
in the northwest suburb of Dublin. Huntington Bancshares also
has its headquarters in the downtown area. Borden Chemical (formerly
part of the Borden, Inc. corporation prior to its acquisition
and subsequent divestiture) is located downtown as well. The
Ross Products Division of Abbott Laboratories, makers of Ensure
nutritional drink and Similac infant formula, is also headquartered
in Columbus, with over 7,000 employees. |
| In addition to these companies, many companies
have a major presence in the Columbus area. Honda has its North
American auto plant in Marysville to the northwest of Columbus
and produces all of the Honda Accords, Civics, motorcycles and
many of Acura's models for the North American market. Bank One,
which used to be headquartered in Columbus prior to the merger
with First Chicago-NBD, still has a major presence in Columbus.
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., which announced a merger with Bank
One in 2004, has a large mortgage servicing unit in the city.
CompuServe still has its roots in Columbus, although it has
been owned by AOL since 1998. Budweiser has a major brewery
located on the north side of the city. McGraw-Hill Inc. has
large offices within Columbus as well. UPS has a large distribution
center on the west side of the city. Columbus is also home to
the Chemical Abstracts Service, making it one of the world's
leading centers for scientific information distribution. |
| Columbus also hosts many conventions in the Greater
Columbus Convention Center, a pastel-colored building on the
north edge of downtown that resembles jumbled blocks, or a train
yard from overhead. The convention center was designed by famed
architect Peter Eisenman, who also designed the renowned Wexner
Center, also located in Columbus at the campus of The Ohio State
University. Completed in 1993, the convention center spanned
nearly 600,000 square feet (56,000 m²) at the time, and
has recently been expanded. |
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